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Botanical Gardens
Gardens are meant to be enjoyed without technology, until you realize you don’t know what anything is or where you are going. The State Botanical Garden of Georgia challenged us to break the barrier between nature and technology and remove any possible frustration while their visitors enjoy their gardens. We created an interactive iOS app…
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Peabody Awards
The Peabody Awards recognize the pinnacle of broadcast media and are hosted right here at the University of Georgia at the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication. Our app will allow users to learn more and favorite programs that have won, view behind-the-scenes Peabody content, and take you to the streaming app needed to…
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Slacking Off at a Conference
Last month, John Weatherford presented at the UGA College of Education’s Innovation in Teaching Conference. This annual conference focuses on highlighting innovative teaching practices among educators. John’s presentation, “Slacking Off and Getting More Done: Implementing Slack to Enhance Class Communication”, included learnings from and best practices for implementing the group messaging and productivity tool Slack in…
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Claire Bertram: Our Favorite Noogler
As former NMI Program Assistant and TEDxUGA Student Council President, Claire Bertram is no stranger to solving problems. After four years in the NMI, Claire has taken her talents to the Windy City as a Platforms Billing Specialist at Google! She supports the Google Marketing Platform sales team by solving complex billing issues associated with…
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A Tale of Three Institutes
Recently, the NMI was invited by the Carl Vinson Institute of Government to present to a visiting delegation from the Shanghai Administration Institute. Taking a three-week tour across our nation’s east coast, the visiting delegation was on a mission to investigate smart cities, which incorporate information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the quality and…
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Spine-Chilling Speaker Series
Here at the NMI, we love providing opportunities for students to learn from and network with a variety of industry professionals. For years, the NMI has been committed to this effort, hosting a fantastic array of guest speakers in Digital Brown Bag, but this semester, we’ve doubled down on this endeavor! We are thrilled to…
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NMI Represents at International Day of the Girl
On October 11th, two of the NMI’s leading ladies participated in UGA’s very first International Day of the Girl event, hosted by the UGA Chapter of The Letter Project. NMI Social Media Director, Rachael Dier, curated this fantastic event that brought together women from Athens and beyond. Megan Ward spoke on the “Women in Male Dominated Spaces”…
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Capstone Crossover
This semester, the NMI is pumped to partner with UGA’s Entrepreneurship Program to offer students from both certificate programs an even richer capstone experience. By combining the NMI’s digital product expertise and the Entrepreneurship Program’s business development talent, students will be able to create more robust capstone projects while also gaining experience working across disciplines, mirroring…
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UGA Stickers: Back At It!
Here at UGA, the start of September means the start of football season. And at the NMI, a new football season means a new update for the UGA Stickers iMessage app! What started two years ago as a Capstone project has now reached almost 12,000 members of the Dawg Nation. UGA Stickers 3.0 is a…
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Showing Off to Federal Staffers
In August, the New Media Institute was invited to the UGA Federal Legislative Staff Retreat. Federal staffers from the Office of Government Relations explored campus in an annual retreat dedicated to learning about some of UGA’s most innovative programs. The NMI is honored to have been invited to show guests how we’re impacting the state, the university, and…